Author: Montana. Legislature. Legislative Audit Division
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Category : Legislative auditing
Languages : en
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Improving Statewide Consistency of Key Processes for the Office of the State Public Defender, Public Defender Commission, Office of the State Public Defender
Author: Montana. Legislature. Legislative Audit Division
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Category : Legislative auditing
Languages : en
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Category : Legislative auditing
Languages : en
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Performance Audit Follow-up (13SP-15)
Author: Montana. Legislature. Legislative Audit Division
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Category : Legal assistance to the poor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Our performance audit report Improving Statewide Consistency of Key Processes for the Office of the State Public Defender (11P-03) was issued to the Committee in May, 2012. The audit included nine recommendations to the Public Defender Commission (PDC) and the Office of the State Public Defender (OPD). In July 2013, we conducted follow-up work to assess implementation of the report recommendations. This memorandum summarizes the results of our follow-up work"--Introduction.
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Category : Legal assistance to the poor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Our performance audit report Improving Statewide Consistency of Key Processes for the Office of the State Public Defender (11P-03) was issued to the Committee in May, 2012. The audit included nine recommendations to the Public Defender Commission (PDC) and the Office of the State Public Defender (OPD). In July 2013, we conducted follow-up work to assess implementation of the report recommendations. This memorandum summarizes the results of our follow-up work"--Introduction.
Evaluation Design for Public Defender Offices
Author: Roberta Rovner-Pieczenik
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Category : Public defenders
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Category : Public defenders
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Public Defenders and the American Justice System
Author: Paul B. Wice
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313049041
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Eighty to ninety percent of the nation's urban criminal defendants are defended in court by public defenders. Thus, understanding how these defender programs operate, their effectiveness and the quality of professional life for these beleaguered and often underpaid attorneys, is a critical factor in improving local criminal justice systems. What is it like to practice law in such an inhospitable environment, where clients often revile their counsel and prosecutors hold defenders in contempt? How does a public defender maintain self-esteem and dignity? What are the particular problems and obstacles of public defender offices? And how might such departments overcome these obstacles so that defendants and defenders, as well as the public, benefit? In vivid prose, and with vignettes and quotes from the lawyers themselves, Wice answers these questions and paints a truer picture of the state of public defenders offices than most of us have from television and the media. Through a colorful profile of a reform-minded public defender's office Newark, N.J., one of the nation's most crime-ridden smaller cities, Wice examines the public defender system and shows how even the smallest reforms, especially those that address quality of life and work for public defenders, can make a big difference. Comparing the smaller defender's office to larger ones in such cities as New York and Chicago, which have not instituted significant reforms, the author illustrates the successes that can be found when change is implemented. Flaws remain, but with improved services and work environments, this important component of the overburdened criminal justice system can function more effectively, creating a system that benefits lawyers, defendants, and the community alike.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313049041
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Eighty to ninety percent of the nation's urban criminal defendants are defended in court by public defenders. Thus, understanding how these defender programs operate, their effectiveness and the quality of professional life for these beleaguered and often underpaid attorneys, is a critical factor in improving local criminal justice systems. What is it like to practice law in such an inhospitable environment, where clients often revile their counsel and prosecutors hold defenders in contempt? How does a public defender maintain self-esteem and dignity? What are the particular problems and obstacles of public defender offices? And how might such departments overcome these obstacles so that defendants and defenders, as well as the public, benefit? In vivid prose, and with vignettes and quotes from the lawyers themselves, Wice answers these questions and paints a truer picture of the state of public defenders offices than most of us have from television and the media. Through a colorful profile of a reform-minded public defender's office Newark, N.J., one of the nation's most crime-ridden smaller cities, Wice examines the public defender system and shows how even the smallest reforms, especially those that address quality of life and work for public defenders, can make a big difference. Comparing the smaller defender's office to larger ones in such cities as New York and Chicago, which have not instituted significant reforms, the author illustrates the successes that can be found when change is implemented. Flaws remain, but with improved services and work environments, this important component of the overburdened criminal justice system can function more effectively, creating a system that benefits lawyers, defendants, and the community alike.
A Review of the Operation and Performance of the Office of the State Public Defender
Author: Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy
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Category : Public defenders
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Category : Public defenders
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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An Evaluation of Office of the State Public Defender
Author: Wisconsin. Legislature. Legislative Audit Bureau
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Category : Public defenders
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Category : Public defenders
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Strategic Plan as Approved by the State Public Defender Commission on April 21, 2006
Author: Montana. Office of the State Public Defender
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Category : Public defenders
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Category : Public defenders
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Report of the Office of the State Public Defender
Author: Wisconsin. Office of the State Public Defender
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Category : Legal aid
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Category : Legal aid
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Office of the State Public Defender Performance Audit
Author: Colorado. Office of State Auditor
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Category : Legal aid
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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Category : Legal aid
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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Improving Criminal Justice Systems Through Expanded Strategies and Innovative Collaborations
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Category : Defense (Criminal procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Publisher:
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Category : Defense (Criminal procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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